Summer breeze

Sheesh, as if summer didn't breeze right by!  This summer was amazing, and it was kind of busy so I didn't get the chance to write a bunch.  So here's a rundown and how we spent every minute of our summer.

We had our schedule that we loved, except Theatre Thursday became Thoughtful Thursday, since the movie theatre here is only open Fri/Sat.  We did go see Finding Dory together, that was a cute one.  And we got as many things done on our bucket list as we could.

We got attacked by mosquitoes.  Found out Covey was allergic and bad!  He's on children's allergy medication now, and had to have special shots right before we left to stop the swelling, the doc said he could've had nerve damage if we had waited any longer and almost had to go to the ER.  He got bites a few more times, but nothing as bad as that.  He gets rashes and swells up huge.  Poor little buddy!  He didn't even look like himself!  It was so sad!  Lucy also got a few bites that weren't good.  But we've got it under control now and spray that mosquito repellent like it's nobody's business.

We explored Scobey a lot to get comfortable with the community and familiar with where things are.  We did a photo scavenger hunt one day to help with this.  Our friend Ivy came along.  The kids loved it!  This town is really great and we're loving it more and more!  Many people call it one of the last of the true little towns.

Dave's getting used to his new job.  The first few weeks were incredibly overwhelming, but once he came back smiling from board meeting, we knew he'd be okay. He's doing great and making great headway on a lot of things that have been neglected for years.  And he's enjoying himself.  Though he has dreams quite a bit of hospital things, poor guy!  Can't get away from work sometimes.  They held a chicken dinner for the residents of the nursing home and families and we were invited.  He got to serve at that.  Our littles decided to have their own  board meeting after the dinner in his very early 90's office (he's working to fix the carpet and painting/wallpaper, don't worry!).  It's fun seeing him really dig in and serve this community.  The kids also like "Daddy's hospital" and want to go see him and drive by all of the time.  He also made the front page of the paper, small town living, you gotta love it!

The kids spent lots of time at swimming lessons and swimming during open swim.  Water Wednesday, baby!  Sometimes our kids would go twice in one day.  It's so nice to have it so close!

We went to the library for the summer reading programs.  They had great activities, and prizes each week and all of the kids who read four books (big kids) or ten books (little kids) got $10 at the end of the summer.  The kids were so excited!

We were able to do some fun service things.  The kids favorite things were making treats for the lifeguards and playing bingo at the Nursing home.

We got to chill at the County Fair.  Animals, treats, contests (Cal won one!), exhibits, rides (they each got to pick a few) and the demolition derby.  Cov even made it in the paper riding on the motorcycle ride.  What a fun week!

We've got to watch some very neat birds and see lots of wildlife.  The kids loved them all, especially this woodpecker that was outside in our front yard.  Emma had to take some pictures.  

Had a moth invasion.  No one knew why it happened, but one morning, there were moths covering everything in our town!  Then, just as they had come, they were gone.  The kids had a great time brushing them away.  About a week before we moved out of the rental, a bunch of beetles showed up and we killed hundreds of them, it was crazy and the only picture we took was this fuzzy one.

The kids rode their bikes a lot!  They are always off and out, riding all over.  And so are all of the other kids around here.  It's a way of life and they love it!  We also played at the parks a lot and spent all the time we could outside.  It is so nice having them close enough to walk to whenever.  Our kids love their school park and the city park.

We've been able to explore some places in Scobey, like the Burger Hut, museum and more.   We even got to see a grain elevator be taken down by a giant tractor. Fun times!

Jazzy's been having a hay day this summer!  She loved sitting in the windows during the summer and hunting for moths.  She also found her first mouse, or rat, whatever it was...EW!  In our rental, one day I was walking back from the kitchen to our room, and I almost stepped on it!  I was so grossed out, the kids thought it was so cute.  Blah!  After that I was paranoid about rodents.  One night, Dave was making dinner and up over the stove stirring something.  We heard a sqeaking (come to find out later, he was pushing up against the oven and it made that noise), and Dave kept saying "Do you hear that?"  So we all stopped and listened.  All of the sudden, he threw a wet sponge at me and I totally screamed!  He got me good!  The kids still make fun of me and my screaming for that!  The kids wanted to have a Jazzy makeover day.  They pampered her and then took turns dressing her up and walking her down the "red carpet".  Poor cat!

We added a new member of the family...meet Alexa!  We took advantage of Amazon Prime day to snag this up and we love it!  It does some amazing things.  Our kids' favorite thing to do with it is say "Alexa, tell me a yo mama joke!"  And they love asking what time it is/weather/play music/trivia and 21 questions.  We really enjoy it too.  I joke with Dave that he's been talking to another lady.  Haha!  I would totally recommend, though.

We had an Olympics party with Don & Nancy at their house.  We made an Olympic ring fruit tray, and Nancy had some of her homemade canned salsa and rice krispy treats.  We loved coloring these pages with pastels and watching the opening ceremonies.  And all of the Olympics.  It was a busy time so we didn't watch a ton but it was great what we saw.  We love the Olympics!  I also read one of the best books I've read in a long time, "The Boys in the Boat" by Daniel James Brown.  It was amazing!  I will always remember this book. The triumph of a boy who was always treated as nothing but later had his happily ever after, so many spiritual parallels, lots of history and some great life lessons.  It also made me want to watch the Rowing event on the Olympics, though I never got to.  That's a book everyone should read.

                                                            

We've done a lot of going here and there.  Our Pilot hit 200 K this summer, wow!

Well, all this summer stuff has been fun but it's left us feeling tired!  Just ask Cov...